Bel Air VFC Honoring 9/11 Victims; Road To Close For Ceremony

BEL AIR, MD — The Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company is holding a ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 11, to commemorate the 20-year anniversary of the attacks that resulted in the deaths of 69 Marylanders.

It will start at 9:30 a.m. on South Hickory Avenue and result in a road closure.

South Hickory Avenue will be closed between MD 22/Churchville Road and Courtland Street and is expected to be closed from about 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 11.

The ceremony will be outside and open to the public.

Leaders from the Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company and the town of Bel Air will deliver remarks in tribute to those who died that day.

Tributes will mark the times the North and South Towers fell in New York City — at 09:59 a.m. and 1028 a.m., according to the fire company.

"We want to pay homage to those brothers and sisters lost when the towers collapsed as well as the thousands of other innocent civilians whose lives were taken from us 20 years ago at the Pentagon, Shanksville and World Trade Center Towers 1 and 2," Chief of the Bel Air Vol Fire Company Robert Stower said in a statement. "It is important we also not forget those who have since passed from illnesses attributed to these events."

Those who would like to attend may park in the Hickory Avenue garage or town lots.

See Also:

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Here is where to expect the road closure on Hickory Avenue starting around 9:30 a.m.: